Sunday, June 30, 2013

SPS 2013: Dinner and a Twilight Monument Tour with International Guests

At dinner with our guests from the IBSC
Last night the St. Albans School of Public Service class of 2013, now that they are one-week veterans on the St. Albans campus, played host to some even more far-flung visitors: forty students and teachers from boys' schools across the globe (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, UK, and USA).  The visiting students and teachers are taking part in the International Boys' School Coalition ("IBSC") Conference, held in Richmond, and the IBSC and School of Public Service students are joining forces for the weekend.  The evening began with dinner in the St. Albans Refectory, then both groups took a twilight walking tour of the Monuments on the National Mall ably directed by SPS faculty member John Stephany.  Today, the IBSC group will return to campus and the two groups will take part in a joint case study.

Getting acquainted at dinner

Walking up out of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Strolling through the World War II Memorial

Our Tennessee SPS students pose by their state column at the WWII Memorial (from left: Jamila, Kyungchan, Sarah, Gaby)

Students from SPS and the IBSC Conference at the WWII Memorial

The Martin Luther King Memorial in the twilight

Some of the SPS crew near the MLK Memorial